GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost a pair of 6-0 decisions to Adelphi University on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference play at Janet L. Ficke Field. The Panthers received votes toward this week's National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) national poll, finished as the 2021 NE10 Championship runner-up and qualified for the last nine NCAA Tournaments.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-19, 2-10 NE10), Adelphi (26-10, 13-3 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time since March 25, 2018.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-3
• Junior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 1-for-2, 1 HP
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-3
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 6 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Sophia Cicchetti, 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Redshirt first-year Courtney Wengryn, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B
• Junior Claire Fon, 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K

THE ACTION

• Sophomore Faith Camilleri walked with the bases loaded in the first inning before Cicchetti followed with an RBI single, but Adelphi ran itself out of the inning when the Purple Knights turned an unconventional 8-3-2-5 double play.
• Hiscock and Johns singled in the third inning to bring the go-ahead run to the plate with two down, but Fon induced an inning-ending groundout.
• Wengryn doubled and scored in the home half, and Cicchetti and sophomore Kendall Winn knocked back-to-back doubles in the fourth to make it 4-0.
• Hiscock was plunked with one down in the fifth and Sroczinski singled, but the duo was stranded.
• Two unearned runs came home for the Panthers in the bottom half.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Johns, 1-for-3
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 1-for-3
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 1-for-3; 2+ IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, loss
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 1.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief
• Junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Camilleri, 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B
• Cicchetti, 2-for-3, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Jaden Farhat, 2-for-3, 2 2B
• Sophomore Lindsey Hibbs, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K

THE ACTION

• Senior Ashley Lombardi's sacrifice fly plated the eventual winning run in the second inning before Saint Michael's spun another unusual double play to end the frame, coming 7-3-9-4.
• Hiscock walked with one out in the third before Connor singled, but they moved no further.
• Adelphi plated four unearned runs with two out in the bottom half, as Camilleri came through with a two-run double before Cicchetti knocked a two-run single.
• Wengryn doubled home an insurance run with two down in the fourth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 3 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Purple Knights host Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Games that day.